March 2015 Parkinson’s Disease One million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s disease. This disease involves movement of body parts that trigger the brain and it’s unstoppable. Research study shows that this disease comes from a nerve cells in a area of the brain. It is chronic cause by a decrease in production of dopamine in the body. This Neurotransmitter Dopamine is cause for the body’s smooth muscle movement. When Dopamine no longer produced by the body this disease start to shows its symptoms
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Parkinson’s Disease Background: Parkinson’s disease is a chronic‚ progressive disorder that affects the motor system. It usually develops in men and women after the age of 50. Sometimes Parkinson’s Disease can be hereditary. Parkinson’s was known in ancient times‚ however it was not officially considered a recognized medical condition until 1817 when Doctor James Parkinson published an essay called essay was called "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy” that strongly encouraged people to study the
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Parkinson disease is a gradually progressive degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. Parkinson disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. There are four characteristic problems caused by Parkinson disease‚ including tremor at rest‚ balance problems‚ stiffness‚ and slowness of movement. Parkinson disease occurs when areas of the brain‚ including an area called the substantia nigra‚ is slowly destroyed. The exact reason for this destruction is not completely known
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Scenario N.J. is a 70-year-old man with a 4-year history of Parkinson’s disease (PD). He is a retired engineer‚ is married‚ and lives with his wife in a small farming community. He has three adult children who live close by. Since his last visit to the clinic 6 months ago‚ N.J. reports that his tremors are “about the same” as they were; however‚ further questioning reveals that he feels his gait is perhaps a little more unsteady‚ and his fatigue is slightly more noticeable. N.J. is also concerned
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Parkinson disease is a disease of the nervous system that affects movement. The disease is characterized by progressive loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic cells due to a dopamine deficiency. Brain cell connections degenerate and die causing memory loss and destroying other important mental functions. Researchers are still unsure as to why the disease develops. A combination of genetic and environmental factors are thought to contribute to the risk of getting Parkinson’s‚ says Catherine Kopil‚ PhD
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Parkinson disease What is Parkinson disease? Parkinson disease is a degenerative neurologic condition that typically causes progressive tremor‚ slowed movement‚ muscle stiffness‚ and trouble walking. Eventually‚ individuals may develop behavioral changes. Most people develop symptoms during middle age (around age 56). The condition usually starts with shaking or tremor in one arm. Over time‚ patients may become physically disabled without the ability to perform daily activities. In fact‚ Parkinson
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Introduction Parkinson’s disease is a common disease facing many older people across the world. It affects the central nervous system and it impairs cognitive processes‚ motor skills and other functions. This disease mostly affects the older generation and it manifests itself with symptoms which include rigidity‚ tremor‚ postural instability‚ slowness in movement and others. Other symptoms include sleep difficulties‚ sensory and autonomic dysfunction. Parkinson’s disease has a high prevalence rate
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The Parkinson disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive movement disorder (it will worsen over time). There are no cure to the disease. There are five stages in “The Parkinson Disease”‚ though it is not uncommon to skip some of the stages. At the first stage the symptoms are so minimal that they’re often missed. However family and relatives might see a change in the person’s walk‚ posture or facial expression. At the second stage the symptoms are way more noticeable. The symptoms from stage one
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Parkinson Disease Parkinson disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder which affects 1.5 percent of global population over the age of sixty five years old and nearly one million patients in America. It was first described by a man named James Parkinson in 1817 whom called it the shaking palsy (in his work named "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy"). (Goetz) He noticed a collection of symptoms based on the way that these patients moved‚ including‚ the rest tremor‚ bradykinesia (slowness of
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When was the last time you considered the odds of your life panning out in the exact way that it has? Most of the time‚ the role of chance in our lives goes completely unnoticed‚ even as it shapes every aspect of our lives and our world. People are hardwired to assign blame or credit to one particular person or event that we think “caused” something to happen. In reality‚ causation is not a straight line‚ leading from one cause to one effect to one aftereffect. It’s more like a huge spider web‚ with
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